Mary Lou I'm gonna tell you a story about Mary Lou I mean the kind of girl that made a fool of you She made the old man groan, a young man pain The way she took my money it was a crying shame Mary Lou (Mary Lou) took my diamond ring Mary Lou (Mary Lou) oh everything Took the key to my Cadillac car Jumped in my kitty and then drove afar Well she left from Detroit going to Kalamazoo Made herself a fortune out of fools like you Met her a rich man who was married and had three kids She stroked that cat till he flipped his lid Mary Lou (Mary Lou) took my diamond ring Mary Lou (Mary Lou) oh everything Took the key to my Cadillac car Jumped in my kitty and then drove afar Well I put a detective up on her trail Post office so that they could trace her mail Got picked up, was sent to jail She stroked that cat just to pay her bail Mary Lou (Mary Lou) took my diamond ring Mary Lou (Mary Lou) oh everything Took the key to my Cadillac car Jumped in my kitty and then drove afar Now Mary Lou Well she came back to town about a week ago She said, Webb, I'm sorry that I hurt you so I had a '55 Ford, a two dollar bill The way she took mine, man, it gave me a chill Mary Lou (Mary Lou) took my diamond ring Mary Lou (Mary Lou) oh everything Took the key to my Cadillac car Jumped in my kitty and then drove afar Now Mary Lou, Mary Lou, Mary Lou, Mary Lou, Mary Lou, my Mary Lou, Mary Lou, Mary Lou all right